Car-fender.



No. 858,225. PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907. E. SHERWOOD.

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APPLIGATION FILED MR. 15, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1907.

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CAR-FENDER.

Specification of yLetters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed March 15, 1907. Serial No. 362,438.

To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, hEARL SHERWOOD, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Honesdale, in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a cer- Y tain new and useful Car-Fender, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates tocar fenders and the main object of the invention is to provide simple and reliable means for quickly depressing the forward end of the scoop to adapt the fender to successfully pick up objects of any kind and size lying on the road bed.

A further object of the invention is to construct and mount the fender tripping mechanism, that the scoop may be supported directly thereon and rendered detachable, enabling the said scoop to be quickly placed in position on the car and as quickly removed therefrom when desired for any purpose whatever.

Another object of the invention is to pr'ovide a novel construction of buHer for the front end of the scoop which Will insure the picking up of all objects large or small without injury either to the objects or the buer or fender which buffer is detachably mounted on and connected with the scoop, enabling the saine to be quickly taken off and repaired should it become necessary.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel guard and an operating gate therefor with operative connections arranged and adapted to permit the gate to swing entirely out of the way after the wheel guard has been tripped to receive and pick up an object.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination .and arrangement of parts, herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of one end of a car, showing the fender of this invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line '2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken in line with the foot depressed plunger pin. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section throughthe front of the fender. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the fender, showing the scoop folded up against the dash board, illustrating a modification in the tripping mechanism.

The front section or scoop of the fender comprises the oppositely arranged side bars 1, connected at the front by the forward cross bars 2, braces (not shown) connecting the side bars with the front cross bar, andthe side bars being provided with heel extensions or arms 3, bymeans of which the scoop is supported on the trip hereinafter particularly described. Extending upward from the side bars 1 are short standards 4 to which is pivotally connected the back frame 5 of the fender scoop, said back frame embodying the side bars 6 and a connecting bar 7 eX- tending across the top of the back frame and adapted to engage over retainer hooks 8 on the car, whereby said back frame is securely held in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In carrying out the present invention I employ a trip embodying a pair of oppositely arranged arms or short levers 9, connected by a cross bar 10 for simultaneous operation. The arms or crumed at points intermediate their ends, as at 1l on hangers l2 which are rigidly connected 'to the car body as indicated in Fig. 1, and said arms or levers are provided at their forward ends with laterally projecting pivot pins or studs 13 which enter and pass through corresponding holes in the rear ends of the heel ends of the side bars of the scoop at the frontof the car and as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and also in Fig. 2. It will thus be seen that the front scoop is connected directly with and supported upon the trip above described and that said scoop may be quickly attached to and disconnected from the trip by simply deiiecting the heel ends of the arms or extensions 3 of the scoop until the pins 13 pass into 0r out of engagement with the holes in said extensions.

To operate the trip above described, under the preferred embodiment of this invention I employ a plunger pin 14 which normally projects slightly above the car platform as shownin Figs. 1 and 3. This pin is movable up and down within a guide tube 15 fastened to the car. Slidably mounted in the lower portion of said tube is a plunger 16 having at its lower end a fork 17 which straddles a short lever arm 18 fast on the cross bar 10 of the trip above described. A spring 19 conlevers 9 are ful- IOO nects the cross bar 10 with the car and acts to restore the trip to its normal position after the same has been operated by the plunger pin,

From the foregoingl description, it will be seen that by depresslng the plunger pin 14, the trip is rocked on the fulcrum points 11, causing it to elevate the rear ends of the arms 3 and depress the forward end of the scoop into contact with the road bed so as to insure the picking up of any object in the way. .When the pin 14 is released, the spring 19 acts to restore the trip to its normal position and thereby again elevate and sustain the forward edge of the scoop in the position in which it is ordinarily carried, freefrom the road bed.

Detachably connected with the front cross bar 2 of the scoop is a buffer, Which, as best illustrated in Fig. 4, comprises an upper clamping strip 2O and a lower clamping strip 21, between which is clamped and held a resilient or elastic strip 22. This strip 22 projects considerably in advance ofthe clamping strips and the front of the scoop and is the irst thing which comes in contact with the road bed and the objects to be picked up by the fender. Owing to its elasticity or ilexibility and the particular arrangement there- 0f, the forward edge of the strip 22 is adapted to readily yield either upward or downward, being disposed substantially in a horizontal position, thereby preventing the object from getting under the scoop and by rolling over, sald strip 22 forms an excellent cushion f which absorbs the impact and prevents injury both` to the object picked up and the fender itself. The upper clamping strip 20 also comprises an inclined portion or skid 23 which extends from the top surface of the strip 22v upward and backward to the front cross bar 2 of the scoop and acts to deflect the objects picked up and direct them onto the scoop. To provide for detaching the buer from the scoop, I employ a plurality of clips or holders, each L-shaped as shown in Fig. 4, or in other words comprising an arm 24 which extends under the cross bar 2 and buffer, and a vertical arm 25 which extends up behind the cross bar 2. The arm 24 is secured to the buffer by passing a bolt or other suitable fastener through such arm and the clamping strips and resilient strip, while a readily detachable fastener 26, such as a screw, connects the clip or holder to the cross bar 2. By removing the several screws or fasteners 26, the buffer as a whole may be removed from the scoop, repaired and replaced.

The 'wheel guard 27 embodies a frame somewhat resembling the scoop above described, and the side bars 2S thereof are prow vided with upstanding short stanchions 29 which are pivotally attached to hangers 30 rigidly connected to the car, as indicated in Fig. 1. In rear of the pivotal mounting of the wheel guard, the heel ends or rearward extensions 31 of the side bars 23 are connected with the car by means of oppositely arranged sets of toggle levers or links 32, while from the pivotal points at the inner adjacent ends of the toggle levers, connecting rods 33 extend forward and have a jointed connection with a swinging gate 34 fulcrumed at its upper edge as shown at 35, on the car. This gate comprises the two side bars 36 and one two or more cross bars 37, and if desired a tubular casing 33 may be placed around the lower cross bar, being left free to act as a roller to permit an object to pass the more easily beneath and lift the gate just in advance of the wheel guard.

The forward ends of the connecting rods 33 are enlarged and provided with upwardly extending slots 39 in which pins or studs 40 on the side bars 36 work to allow the gate to swing up entirely out of the way as a large object passes beneath the same and is picked. up by the wheel guard. The gate extends low enough to be acted upon by a child, and yet, by providing the slots 39, a full grown person n*may also pass under the gate to be picked up by the wheel guard, the said gate swinging up amply far to permit this. It will also be seen that the gate acts with a positive movement to trip the wheel guard and depress the front end thereof, which, like the front scoop, is provided with a buffer 41 of corresponding construction.

Instead of the trip operating mechanism above described, other operating mechanism may be employed, such as is shown in Fig. 5, wherein the trip is shown as deflected or bent upward behind the hangers 12, while the cross bar of the trip has connected thereto a link 42 which extends back and connects with a hand lever 43 fulcrumed on the car as shown and arranged within convenient reach of thermotorman, 'who by rocking said lever may rock the trip and depress the forward end of the scoop. Should the motore man not have time to trip the scoop, the for` ward edge of said scoop will be depressed automatically by the object with which it comes in contact, and should the object be small enough to pass under the forward scoop, it will be caught and picked up by the wheel guard in the manner above described.

I claim 1. A car fender embodying a scoop, and means for supporting and tilting the scoop comprising a trip carried by the car and having the scoop pivotally supported thereon, and manually operated means for operating said trip.

2. A car fender comprising hangers for rigid attachment to a car, a trip fulcrumed on said hangers, means for operating said trip, and a scoop having a detachable pivotal connection with said trip.

3. A car fender comprising hangers for rigid attachment to a car, a trip fulcrumed IOO on said hangers, a manually operated plunger for operating said trip, and a scoop having a detachable pivotal connection with said trip.

4. A car fender comprising hangers for rigid attachment to a car, a trip ulcrumed on said hangers, a scoop having a detachable pivotal connection with said trip, a manually operated device for operating said trip, and a spring for restoring the trip and scoop to their normal positions.

5. A car fender comprising a tilting wheel guard i'ulcrumed intermediate its front and rear end, toggle levers connecting said guard in rear of its fulcruin with a fixed part of the car, aswinging guard-operating gate, 'and one or more operating rodsconnecting the toggle levers and gate, whereby the gate actuates the Wheel guard with a positive movement. l

6. A car fender comprising a tilting wheel guard, toggle-levers connecting said guard with the car, a swinging guard-operating gate, and one or more rods connecting the toggle-levers and gate and having their ends slotted to permit the gate to swing out of the -way after'tripping the wheel guard.

7. A car fender comprising a scoop embodying a iront cross bar, and a buffer secured to said cross bar and embodying superimposed clarnping strips one of which is provided with an inclined upper portion, aY resilient strip held between the clamping strips and projecting in advance thereof, and means for detachably securing said buffer to the front cross bar of the scoop.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EARL SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

REXFORD M. SMITH, Gno. C. Ross. 

